Yoni Kalim was at the American Jewish Committee event on Wednesday night at the Capital Jewish Museum and spent time with Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim before they were tragically gunned down.

Both victims were embassy employees, who were about to get engaged; couple worked and advocated for Israeli-Arab coexistence

Ron Prosor said that Yaron Lischinsky represented Judeo-Christian values and set an example for young people around the world.

Yaron Lischinsky, who was murdered together with his girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, in a terror attack in Washington, DC, will be laid to rest in Israel following a short memorial service.

Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were shot dead in Washington on Wednesday night, in an antisemitic attack that's left the Jewish community in shock.

The image of a happy couple projected on a screen at the Jewish Community Campus Thursday night was one people around the world have seen, but it felt painfully close for those who sat in the social hall.

On Wednesday evening, two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in the nation’s capital were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.The American Jewish Committee confirmed that the two homicide victims were Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

The coffin of Yaron Lischinsky, one of the two victims of Wednesday night's attack in Washington, arrived in Israel on Friday afternoon.Representatives of the Lischinsky family and the Foreign Ministry received Yaron's coffin at the airport. After a brief memorial ceremony at the site, the coffin will be transferred for burial.At the family's request, no media or photographers will be allowed at the event.This is a developing story.

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The Israeli foreign ministry said Lischinsky, 30, and Milgrim, 26, were locally employed staff members and, according to multiple published reports, the two had been involved in efforts to promote dialogue between young Israelis and Palestinians.